The Insider's Edge To Real Estate Investing

On this week's show I welcome industry titan, author and Chairman & CEO of Time Equities, Inc., Francis Greenburger. This incredible conversation goes into how Francis first started in the business, some of the most complex deals he was involved in, and how he dealt with taking big risks on projects throughout his career. At the end of the show, I also welcome back our broker panel consisting of Brandon Polakoff of Avison Young, David Schechtman of Meridian Capital Group and Marion Jones of Ackman-Ziff!

For this week's episode, I welcome a close friend and top industry business coach, Rod Santomassimo. Rod has been a professional coach to some of the top commercial real estate brokers across the country for years now, teaching them how to implement best practices and build better businesses with repeatable processes that produce predictable results. Tune in to listen about Rod's best advice, how to get the most out of your business and how to work and find the best broker! At the end of the show, I also welcome Brandon Polakoff of Avison Young, David Schechtman of Meridian Capital Group and Marion Jones of Ackman-Ziff for a brokers panel.

On this week's show, I am featuring a webinar that I hosted with our Global Head of Research at Avison Young, Dr. Nick Axford and Principal and Vice President of Project Management at Avison Young, Kirsten Beck. This webinar covered what the new normal will look like in commercial real estate following this pandemic and really gives some fantastic insight and perspectives as we begin to look at how our industry will be affected and has been affected by the COVID-19 outbreak.

On this week's episode, I welcome a friend and industry titan, Scott Rechler, CEO and Chairman of RXR Realty. Tune in to hear some of Scott's story, as well as how he has overcome crisis' in the past and how we can get through the current COVID-19 pandemic. At the end of the show I also feature a portion of my most recent webinar with Reggie Thomas of REBNY to share with you all the latest on the federal stimulus plan and how it is affecting real estate.

For this week's episode, I am re-broadcasting a portion of a benefit that the Young Men's and Women's Real Estate Association (YMWREA) and the Real Estate Council of Carnegie Hall put on to help raise money to benefit frontline healthcare workers at Mount Sinai Health System. Donations are still accepted and this is a fantastic cause! Performers included a song by Jimmy Buffet, as well as performers Joshua Bell and many others! To Donate, Please Click the Link Here: giving.mountsinai.org

On this week's episode I welcome industry titan, Marty Burger, CEO of Silverstein Properties. Tune in to learn about Marty's first real estate deal while being a student at the University of Pennsylvania, how he earned an early position at the Related Companies, and some of the lessons he learned starting off in the industry. Marty then shares how he ended up at Silverstein Properties and what it was like meeting with Larry Silverstein. At the end of the show, I also welcome a close friend, Pierre Debbas for a discussion on 1031 exchanges.

For this week's episode, I am featuring a live webinar that I hosted with James Capalino of Capalino+Company in which we discussed the PPP and how it benefits real estate. Please tune in to this timely episode as we discussed a wide variety of topics on how to best come out of this Coronavirus pandemic.

On April 2nd, I held a live webinar with Reggie Thomas of the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) to discuss the CARES Act, among other issues driving the real estate industry today in New York. COVID-19 has affected everyone in some way so please use this information as I believe it can benefit us all!

Hoping everyone is staying safe out there and spending some time with loved ones! For this week's show, I welcome my neighbor, close friend and industry colleague, Michael Rudder of Rudder Property Group. Tune in to hear where Michael grew up, how he went from an Anthropology degree from Ithaca College into a career in commercial real estate, and some of the advice that he learned from his mentors early on. Michael also shares with us some guidance on whether it's better to own your space or lease it when looking for office space, as well as some of his early deals as a broker and an investor. At the end of the show, I welcome Lara and Emily Casano for a panel discussion. You won't want to miss this!

For this week's show, I welcome a close friend of mine, Masood Bhatti, Managing Director of Real Estate at Silverpeak. Masood has such an incredible story in which he shares how he got started in the business and goes into detail on some of the "leaps of faith" that landed him to where he is now. Tune in to hear how Masood came to the United States in the 80s' with just $500 dollars in his pocket, the incredible way he paid for his college education at Oklahoma State University and how traveling the world early in his career helped guide him on the career path in real estate that he is on now. At the end of the show, I welcome back Avison Young's Michael Sullivan, Choice New York Management's Michael Feldman and Lesley Lisser from Invesco US to finish out our panel discussion from last week!